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Tuesday, 2 November 2010

2/3 November 1940: The London Underground on this day 70 years ago

Fifty-seventh day of the London Blitz.

At 20:50 on Saturday 2 November 1940, a High Explosive bomb fell on the railway embankment near Rayners Lane Piccadilly/Metropolitan line station, undermining a siding, but not affecting the main track.[1]

At 08:00 on the 3rd, the following working conditions were reported:

District lineDagenham to Barking now open.

Northern lineSingle line working on both tracks between Strand and Warren Street.[2]